Working time

New and updated

• Type:

  Employment law manual

  Holiday and holiday pay

  Updated to include a reference to Smith v Pimlico Plumbers Ltd, concerning pay in lieu of holiday on termination.

• Type:

  Employment law manual

  Hours of work

  Updated to include a reference to DJ v Radiotelevizija Slovenija and RJ v Stadt Offenbach am Main, in which the ECJ considered time spent on standby in the context of working time.

• Type:

  Quick reference

  Record-keeping - statutory requirements

  Updated to reflect a change to record keeping requirements regarding the national minimum wage, effective 1 April 2021.

• Type:

  Liveflo

  Working time: Obtain a worker's agreement to opt out of the 48-hour working week

  Use this working time workflow to deal with the legal and practical steps that an employer must address when it wishes an adult worker to enter into an agreement to opt out of the 48-hour working week under the Working Time Regulations 1998.

• Type:

  Employment law manual

  Rest breaks and rest periods

  Updated to reflect that a temporary relaxation of the enforcement of the retained EU drivers' hours rules in response to coronavirus (COVID-19) was in place until 31 March 2021.

• Date:

  13 January 2021

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Podcast: Key 2021 employment cases HR should know about

  We highlight key cases due to be decided this year and discuss their impact on HR. These include cases on: worker status, holiday pay, the national minimum wage and sleep-in care workers, trade unions and collective bargaining, and equal pay.

• Date:

  1 December 2020

  Type:

  News

  Unilever to trial four-day week

  Unilever is to begin a year-long trial of a four-day week at its offices in New Zealand with the aim of changing the way work is done, not increasing the hours worked over four days.

• Type:

  How to

  How to manage bank holidays

  Updated to include a reference to the Government's announcement about an additional bank holiday in 2022.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Coronavirus and annual leave: Letter responding to employee's request to take annual leave where self-isolation would be required on their return to the UK

  A model HR letter to respond to an employee's request to take annual leave where the employee would be required to self-isolate after travelling overseas.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Coronavirus and annual leave: Letter outlining your approach to holiday for employees working from home

  Updated to set out an employer’s position on staff who are required to self-isolate after holidaying overseas.